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Broadening Our Perspectives

September 21, 2015 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Robert W. Yokl, Sr. Vice President/COO, Strategic Value Analysis in Healthcare This issue, I am writing about what I consider to be one of the most important aspects of the mindset of a value analysis, clinical resource, […]

It’s Time to Stack the Deck in Your Favor

September 21, 2015 Robert Yokl Comments Off

The other day I completed a new SMART Success Value Analysis Model for a major product group for one of our large IDN customers. This new SMART Model is intended to highlight all of the areas […]

Isn’t It Time We Let Employees and Staff Know How Much of Your Hospital’s Money They Are Wasting?

March 26, 2014 Robert Yokl Comments Off

No one at your healthcare organization will admit that they are wasting money, but that’s just what happens every day of every week of the year. When we try to do something about it, we hear […]

Paradigm Shift – Integrating Utilization Into Our Value Analysis Programs

March 24, 2014 Robert Yokl Comments Off

I know what you are thinking, “Paradigm shift – really?” The 90’s are calling, Bob, and we want our progressive change phrase back. But all kidding aside, there is a major change happening with our […]

Supply Chain Expense Management: It’s Not About Price Any Longer

December 6, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

More and more supply chain and value analysis professionals are getting it: It’s not about price any longer. After more than 50 years of GPOs, systems, and IDNs squeezing prices until they squeak, there is very little […]

Supply Utilization Myths, Misunderstandings, and Mistakes

December 4, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Why utilization savings are still illusive for most healthcare organizations Although the term utilization management seems to be understood by some supply chain managers and value analysis practitioners, in reality, there are still too many […]

4 Key Points Supply Chain Managers Should Know About Utilization Management

May 20, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

1. It’s the future of supply chain expense management. Price and standardization have been the primary supply chain cost containment strategies for decades. Now that these sources are waning, there is nowhere else to go […]

The Missing Link in Supply Expense Management

April 15, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Do you have all of your supply expense management bases covered? It wasn’t so long ago that price and standardization was king in supply chain management circles. All you needed to do was join one […]

Good Evidence: The Missing Link

April 8, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Dee Donatelli, RN, BSN, MBA, Sr. Vice President, Provider Services, Hayes, Inc. There’s no question that great advances in medicine have been made over the last century. Still, not every medical technology, service, and intervention […]

Navigating Uncharted Waters of Supply Utilization Management

February 18, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Traditionally, the Healthcare Supply Chain saving game has been greatly influenced by the “price” savings opportunities offered by group purchasing contracts, standardization, and capitation. Unfortunately, we are not seeing the ROIs from these major savings […]